Associations of exposure to intimate partner violence and parent-to-child aggression with child competence and psychopathology symptoms in two generations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Associations of exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) and parent-to-child aggression (PCA) with child adjustment have not been examined adequately for community samples.

Objective

To examine main, cumulative, and interactive associations of IPV and PCA (separately for physical and psychological aggression) with four aspects of child adjustment (i.e., externalizing and internalizing behavior; social and scholastic competence). Associations were examined between (a) G1 parent behavior and the adjustment of G2 boys (N = 203) at ages 13-14 years and (b) G2 parent behavior and the adjustment of G3 children (N = 294) at ages 4-5 and 11-12 years.

Participants and setting

Families in a prospective, multigenerational dataset.

Methods

Measures included r

SUBMITTER: Capaldi DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7214192 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature